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• Natchez Burning

  Iles, Greg

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  When his father, a beloved family doctor and pillar of their Natchez, Mississippi community, is accused of murdering a nurse, Penn Cage, to save his father who refuses to speak up in his own defense, makes a shocking discovery that forces him to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cop Town

  a Novel

  Slaughter, Karin, 1971-

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  Atlanta, 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the city’s police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will also be her last. She’s determined to defy her privileged background by making her own way—wearing a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cutting Season

  a Novel

  Locke, Attica

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  When the dead body of a young woman is found on the grounds of Belle Vie, the estate's manager, Caren Gray, launches her own investigation into Belle Vie's history, which leads her to a centuries old mystery involving the plantation's slave…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Good Kill

  McMahon, John, 1970-

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  In the years since the mysterious deaths of his wife and child, P.T. Marsh, a police detective in the small Georgia town of Mason Falls, has faced demons - both professional and personal. But when he is called to the scene of a school shooting, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hunting Season

  Barr, Nevada

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  Working at Mt. Locust, a historic Mississippi plantation, park ranger Anna Pigeon comes upon the body of the brother of a local candidate for sheriff, and must deal with dark family secrets and political intrigue as she investigates the crime.

• Razorblade Tears

  Cosby, S. A.

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  When his son Isiah and his white husband, Derek, are murdered, ex-con Ike Randolph bands together with Derek’s father, another ex-con, to rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys while confronting their own prejudices about each other and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The King of Lies

  Hart, John

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  When his father is found murdered, the investigation into the crime uncovers dark family secrets that threaten to unravel the lives of North Carolina lawyer Work Pickens, his sister, and the other residents of his small town.

• The Neon Rain

  Burke, James Lee, 1936-

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  Dave Robicheaux, a New Orleans detective, discovers that someone wants him dead and becomes involved with drug dealers, Mafia chieftains, an ex-general with shady dealings in Central America, and a beautiful woman.

• Moon Lake

  An East Texas Gothic

  Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-

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  From an Edgar award-winning author comes the gripping and unexpected tale of a lost town and the dark secrets that lie beneath the glittering waters of an East Texas lake.

• The Ranger

  Atkins, Ace

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  Returning to what has become his violently corrupt hometown in Mississippi after a tour in Afghanistan, Army Ranger Quinn Colson investigates his uncle's alleged suicide and uncovers shocking personal secrets.

• Carolina Moonset

  Goldman, Matt, 1962-

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  Returning home to Beaufort, South Carolina, to take care of her ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia, Joey Green grows increasingly anxious as his hallucinatory arguments with figures from his youth begin to hint at long-buried secrets,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree

  Albert, Susan Wittig

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  The Depression-era women of a Darling, Alabama, garden club get to the bottom of a mysterious buried treasure and a young woman's murder.

• The Merlot Murders

  a Wine Country Mystery

  Crosby, Ellen, 1953-

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  Returning to her Virginia vineyard home after the unexpected death of her father, Lucie Montgomery is dismayed by her father's gambling debts, which are complicated by the discovery that someone had a lot to gain from her father's death and the sale…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder by Page One

  Matthews, Olivia,

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  Marvey, a librarian, has moved from Brooklyn to a quirky small town in Georgia. When she’s not at the library organizing events for readers, she’s handcrafting book-themed jewelry and looking after her cranky cat. At times, her new life in the South…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shifty's Boys

  Offutt, Chris, 1958-

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  When he is asked by the mother of a recently deceased heroin dealer to look into her son’s case, Army-CID-officer/unofficial PI Mick Hardin is pitted against his sister, the local sheriff, and drawn into a dark underworld where unseen forces will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dirty South

  Connolly, John, 1968-

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  It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one in the Dirty South wants to admit it. In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD detective, stricken by grief. He is mourning the death of his wife and…Read moreRead more of this annotation